Date: Wed, 17 Sep 1997 10:21:27 -0700
From: Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation
Subject: LESBIAN & GAY HISTORY MONTH KICKS OFF WITH SPECIAL VIRTUAL TOWN
MEETING SPECIAL GUEST RODNEY WILSON JOINS GLSEN AND GLAAD FOR VIRTUAL
TOWN MEETING: LIVE FORUM ON GAY.COM
CALENDAR LISTING
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
SEPTEMBER 17, 1997
Media Contact: Liz Tracey (212) 807-1700
pager: (800) 946-4646, pin #1423527
e-mail: tracey@glaad.org
LESBIAN & GAY HISTORY MONTH KICKS OFF WITH SPECIAL VIRTUAL TOWN MEETING
SPECIAL GUEST RODNEY WILSON JOINS GLSEN AND GLAAD FOR VIRTUAL TOWN MEETING:
LIVE FORUM ON GAY.COM
WHAT: The Gay, Lesbian, Straight Education Network (GLSEN) and the Gay &
Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD), in honor of Lesbian & Gay
History Month, hold global Town Meeting on gay.com.
WHO: Special Guest Rodney Wilson, founder of Lesbian & Gay History Month,
is our featured guest.
WHEN: MONDAY, OCTOBER 1st, 1997 at 10pm Est/ 7pm Pac
WHERE: http://www.gay.com/pages/glaad.html (gay.com)
or
http://www.glaad.org/glaad/history-month/chat.html
WHY: During Lesbian & Gay History Month, the lesbian, gay, bisexual and
transgender community examines its political struggle, cultural
achievements and collective creativity.
In January 1994, Rodney Wilson, a high school teacher in Missouri, appalled
by the exclusion of lesbian and gay history from textbooks, set out to make
a change. Wilson organized teachers and community leaders to educate the
public about lesbians and gay men past and present. They formed a national
grassroots network to create a celebration and education campaign that
continues today.
MORE: With over sixty chapters, and a membership of over five thousand
teachers, parents, and concerned citizens, GLSEN is the only national
organization working to ensure that schools are places where all people are
valued and respected, regardless of sexual orientation.
GLAAD is a national organization that promotes fair, accurate and inclusive
representation of individuals and events in the media as a means of
combating homophobia and all forms of discrimination based on sexual
orientation or identity.
Gay.com's mission is to provide an online community for gays and lesbians
to come-out, socialize, learn, and have fun. Attracting over 750,000
visitors each month, gay.com (http://www.gay.com) is free and supported
through corporate sponsorships.
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